7. Actually, the company is doing a one-off and refund + voucher

13. My cousin works for a law firm hired by Carnival.

They give refunds on a per/customer basis, and usually lawyers working it out.
I'll never set foot on a Carnival ship ever, after hearing the horror stories and the fuck-overs committed by Carnival and the law firm. If its less than a rape-a-day, then its a good day for Carnival, if its more than that the law firm celebrates - lots of extra billable hours.

14. They probably wouldn't have given refunds if this wasn't all over the news

20. Yep...

In response to a suggestion on another thread that passengers had hit the lawsuit lottery, I was accused of being mean-spirited for pointing out that Carnival is entirely structured around dodging liability for just about anything.

As you are aware, the crew aboard a Carnival cruise ship can - literally - rape you, and you have very little recourse, and a long battle ahead if you try.

The rapist is not a US employee, and is subject to a non-US employment agreement. When a crew member rapes a passenger, the employee is dropped off at the next port and their employment with Carnival goes down the memory hole.

8. Lovely

I remember several years ago an airline (that no longer exists today) gave me the run around and took 19 hours to get me from point A to point B (domestic flight). I was never put up in a hotel or given money for food. And no, the weather had nothing to do with this.

I was offered a voucher for another flight in the future as compensation. Of course, the voucher had all kinds of loopholes in the fine print about blackout dates other incomprehensible preconditions, all of which made the voucher essentially worthless.

When I pointed this out to the sniveling little customer service agent he just shrugged.

9. they will get refunds

10. I read they will get a refund plus free hotel rooms in Mobile

and free bus trip to New Orleans and Houston.
Read that yesterday.

Plus they lose all the bookings for the ..I think I read four...future bookings they had to cancel.

Poor Carnival..they might want to take a look at their repair budget.
This is not the first of their ships to lose an engine and make the trip hell for their passengers.
Wasn't it 2 years ago this happened?